KINSEY, Charles, a Representative from New Jersey;
born in Baltimore, Md., in 1773;
attended the common schools;
in early life engaged in the manufacture of paper;
moved to Bloomfield Township, Essex County, N.J., and continued the industry;
moved to Paterson, N.J., in 1802 and later to New Prospect (now Waldwick), Bergen County, N.J., continuing in the paper industry;
member of the State general assembly in 1812, 1813, 1819, and 1826;
served in the State council in 1814;
elected as a Republican to the Fifteenth Congress (March 4, 1817-March 3, 1819);
elected to the Sixteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John Condit and served from February 2, 1820, to March 3, 1821;
moved to New Prospect, near Hohokus, Bergen County, N.J., and carried on the manufacture of paper;
judge of the court of common pleas and of the orphans court of Bergen County 1830-1845;
died in New Prospect, N.J., June 25, 1849;
interment in Union Cemetery, near New Prospect.